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. 2013 Oct;22(10):2346-7.
doi: 10.1007/s00586-013-2986-z.

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Zafar Ahmad et al. concerning "Antibiotic treatment in patients with chronic low back pain and vertebral bone edema (Modic type 1 changes): a double-blind randomized controlled trial of efficacy" by Albert HB et al., Eur Spine J (2013) 22:697-707

Peter Lambert  1 , Hanne B Albert
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Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Zafar Ahmad et al. concerning "Antibiotic treatment in patients with chronic low back pain and vertebral bone edema (Modic type 1 changes): a double-blind randomized controlled trial of efficacy" by Albert HB et al., Eur Spine J (2013) 22:697-707

Peter Lambert et al. Eur Spine J. 2013 Oct.
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